Marvel: Saint Seiya Starting with the Reality Stone

Ten minutes later.

Mike sat on the sofa, looking at a photograph in his hand.

The photo wasn't taken with any camera; it looks more like it was cropped directly from satellite imagery.

A figure walks on the vast white Arctic ice cap.

The second photo is a magnified view of the figure, where the facial features of the figure can be clearly seen.

Her face was sharply defined, and she had a pair of deep blue eyes that resembled the deep sea.

Yes.

It was Mike.

next second.

Mike put down the photo in his hand, glanced at Heidi sitting on the side sofa, and then looked at Sharon Carter sitting on the opposite sofa: "So you're really not the blind date Heidi arranged for me?"

Blind date events can be found everywhere.

one more time.

In the West, arranged marriages between acquaintances are far more common than in the distant, mysterious Eastern superpower, and to some extent, the stability of such unions far surpasses that of the East.

The reason is simple.

In this mysterious Eastern power, if you disobey your family's arrangements, at worst you will be abandoned by your family, but you will still live a carefree life.

In the West, however, once you are abandoned by your family, you basically have only six months left before you become homeless.

Just as Heidi and Sharon were about to speak after hearing what Mike said, Sharon, who was sitting opposite them, spoke first.

"Mr. Ametra..."

Just call me Mike.

Mike smiled and corrected Sharon on how she addressed him: "You're Heidi's friend, so just call me Mike. But you're definitely not the blind date Heidi found for you."

Heidi, standing nearby, couldn't help but cover her forehead: "Mike, we're talking about serious matters."

Upon hearing this, Mike shrugged and said nothing more.

He knew, of course, that Sharon hadn't come with Heidi to go on a blind date with him. In fact, he had guessed why Sharon had come the moment he saw her arrive.

really.

His suspicions were confirmed after Sharon showed him the photos of him in the Arctic.

The reason why Mike said this even though he already knew Sharon's purpose for coming was quite simple.

Without him.

That's fun.

Anyway, I'm just idling around.

After Heidi spoke, Sharon looked at Mike, who was leaning against the sofa, and took out her badge from her pocket: "Let's get to know each other again, Sharon Carter, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent."

"What agency?" Mike paused slightly, glanced at Sharon's badge, then looked at Heidi beside him: "Isn't she your colleague from the FBI? How did she become S.H.I.E.L.D.? Come to think of it, is this S.H.I.E.L.D. the Avengers' S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

Once again, Mike, who has awakened his inner power and mastered his five senses, is so good at playing dumb that even the most professional lie detector wouldn't be able to detect anything.

Heidi opened her mouth to meet Mike's gaze, which held a mixture of confusion, bewilderment, curiosity, and questioning. She then adjusted her posture slightly and began to tell Mike when she had joined S.H.I.E.L.D.

She did indeed join S.H.I.E.L.D. while in college.

However, due to the secrecy of S.H.I.E.L.D., she told her family that she had joined the FBI. It wasn't just Heidi; most S.H.I.E.L.D. members used the FBI as a cover when telling their families.

As Heidi explained, Mike's eyes gradually cleared from their initial confusion and bewilderment.

after awhile.

After Heidi finished her introduction, Mike seemed to understand and nodded, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he leaned back on the sofa, head down, and remained silent.

Heidi was somewhat worried upon seeing this.

"Mike, are you alright?"

"good."

Mike looked up, meeting Heidi's concerned gaze, and forced a smile: "It just takes time to process and accept that you're not an FBI agent, but a covert agent for a global, secretive law enforcement agency."

Speaking of it.

Mike paused, then frowned at Heidi: "So your identity as an FBI intelligence analyst is fake too?"

Heidi shook her head under Mike's watchful gaze.

"I am currently the head of the intelligence team at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New York office."

"ha!"

Mike couldn't help but chuckle as he listened to Heidi's job description.

But it wasn't because Heidi hid it from him.

It was because he suddenly thought of a question.

Given Heidi's position, will she be able to emerge unscathed from Hydra's second offensive a few months later?

After all, the position of head of the intelligence team at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New York office sounds like a prime target for elimination after Hydra's second phase of operations began.

He already knew Heidi was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent when he met Sharon at the hospital three months ago.

But he never expected that Heidi was actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. officer.

Don't underestimate the role of a team leader; just tell me if they're a superior or not.

Mike's mind raced.

Just then.

Sharon, sitting opposite him, spoke again, stating the purpose of their visit: "Mike, we've come here to confirm that you went to the Arctic three months ago?"

Mike snapped out of his reverie, glancing at Heidi first before looking at Sharon, his gaze then landing on the photograph on the coffee table: "Don't you have my picture? What, can't I go to the Arctic?"

Sharon chuckled and shook her head, saying, "Of course you can go. We just want to ask when you went to the Arctic, when you left, and whether you saw or heard anything that shouldn't have happened in the Arctic during that time."

Mike didn't speak immediately. Instead, he frowned and looked at Sharon: "I went to London first, but after looking around, it seemed like nothing special. I was thinking of going back to New York City, but after going to the airport, I happened to see a tour group going to Norway. They were talking about things like the Arctic scenery, so I decided to buy a ticket to Norway on a whim."

It's true that I ran into a tour group heading to Norway at the airport.

Moreover, it's quite normal for an unemployed vagrant like him to suddenly decide to go somewhere for fun.

After all, he only went to London on a whim.

"As for whether you saw or heard anything unusual that shouldn't have happened in the Arctic while you were there?"

Mike paused, a thoughtful expression on his face, then looked at Sharon and asked, "I met an Inuit on the Arctic ice cap, does that count?"

Upon hearing this, Sharon did not speak, but instead took out another photo from her briefcase and pushed it in front of Mike.

"This photo is classified."

"After you've read it, whether you remember it or not, you must not tell anyone about it."

"..."